Liverpool’s last goal had a special meaning for Diogo Jota

Diogo Jota revealed the emotional meaning behind his last Liverpool -target in a moving interview before his death in a car accident.

Jota and his brother Andre Silva died when their Lamborghini died off the road of the accident in North Spain on July 3.

The Portugal attacker was on their way back to England to start training for the season after he helped Liverpool to win the Premier League title in the previous term.

Jota’s final goal for Liverpool was the vital winner in the Merseyside Derby against Everton in Anfield in April.

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Speaking in an interview, just a few weeks before his death, Jota admitted that he was proud that he was able to contribute to the team of Arne Slot in such an important game.

«It was a very difficult season for me, but I was always fighting and I could help the team that day and I am proud of what I could do,» he said in the documentary «Champions 24-25: The Inside Story».

«It’s hard to describe. That is the feeling that I am looking for when I play football, so you put your entire life and all your efforts on such moments, moments when you can decide an important game.»

Jota, 28, spent five years with Liverpool after member of Wolves in 2020.

He won the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup during his time at Anfield.

«It is something that I couldn’t even dream like a child, I wanted to play in the Premier League, but I could never imagine winning it,» Jota said in the documentary about his success in Liverpool.

«Photos that will be shown forever. It is a remarkable achievement for a little man who came from Gondomar, where I had this dream.»

Liverpool has retired his number 20 shirt posthumously and the club has announced that Jota will be remembered with a permanent sculpture outside of Anfield, while a mural of the star is all the wall of a building near the stadium.